Round one goes to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at Guantanamo trial

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Mohammed has taken advantage of the trial judge's sense of fairnessJanet Hamlin/AFP/Getty Images

Michael EvansGuantanamo

Last updated at 4:25AM, October 20 2012

In the propaganda stakes it has been Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s week. The
self-confessed mastermind of the al-Qaeda terrorist attacks which killed
2,976 people on 9/11 has played to the gallery and got away with it.

The military judge, US Army Colonel James Pohl, has bent over backwards to be
fair to the five 9/11 accused, particularly to Mr Mohammed, known by his
acronym, KSM, because he has made more demands than his alleged
co-conspirators.

However, the impression after six days of legal debate in the Military
Commission tribunal hearing is that Mr Mohammed, described by the New
York Post as